Lord of Light

On a colony planet, men have established a society based on technological means of imitating the Hindu religion. It is possible to reincarnate the “mind” or “soul” to a new body, even an animal. But some of the earliest colonists have additional powers, which give them the status of gods. And a faction among them is using that means in political ways: punishing their enemies with reincarnation as animals, or with the “true death.”